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This book examines emerging defense technologies such as directed energy weapons, nanotech devices, and bioscience applications that have the potential to dominate international relations in the future, just as nuclear weapons and space infrastructure-assisted conventional weapons do now. Emerging Military Technologies: A Guide to the Issues examines the potential of the United States to bring new technologies to deployment in the service of America's security and defense. The work also discusses how other international actors may regard the United States' investment in these high-tech capabilities, identifying possible resultant counter actions, and presents several divergent viewpoints on what the future may bring. The book thoroughly explores three general categories of emerging technologies: autonomous computers, nanotechnology and biotechnology, and the interrelated topics of directed energy weapons and ubiquitous space access. Security studies expert Wilson W.S. Wong balances coverage of today's cutting-edge science and engineering with treatment of real-world concerns of effectiveness, military ethics, and international relations in the 21st century. An invaluable resource for members of the military and intelligence communities, this book also provides general readers with an accessible introduction to these highly technical topics. War and military operations other than war will endure as viable policy options, though these are fraught with risks and costs. Technology has the potential only to modify these realities, but not to eliminate them completely. As the state of the art in technology changes, it is always important to consider the effects of new technologies on military options. In the second decade of the 21st century, several emerging technological areas expected to reshape civilization have been identified. Three of these technological fields are advance computing, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. All three of these are in general dual-use, meaning that the only certainty with these technologies is that there will be military applications. However, the history of technological prediction, futurism, is littered both with failed dreams and unexpected challenges that have slowed development. The long and troubled development of ubiquitous (military) space access and directed energy weapons (DEWs) round out any discussion on emerging military technologies. Today's emerging technologies (ETs) are poised to change the world and therefore the shape of international relations as well as military affairs.--Résumé de l'éditeur "Examines the potential of the United States to bring new technologies to deployment in the service of America's security and defense. The work also discusses how other international actors may regard the United States' investment in these high-tech capabilities, identifying possible resultant counter actions, and presents several divergent viewpoints on what the future may bring. The book thoroughly explores three general categories of emerging technologies: autonomous computers, nanotechnology and biotechnology, and the interrelated topics of directed energy weapons and ubiquitous space access. Security studies expert Wilson W.S. Wong balances coverage of today's cutting-edge science and engineering with treatment of real-world concerns of effectiveness, military ethics, and international relations in the 21st century. An invaluable resource for members of the military and intelligence communities, this book also provides general readers with an accessible introduction to these highly technical topics."-- Provided by publisher

This book examines emerging defense technologies such as directed energy weapons, nanotech devices, and bioscience applications that have the potential to dominate international relations in the future, just as nuclear weapons and space infrastructure-assisted conventional weapons do now.